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dianabolsinger.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, @UTEP Intelligence & National Security Studies (INSS); @ClementsCenter alum; @SocIntelHist; IC veteran.
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What friendship, respect, and honoring shared history can offer. Traditions like this are why I love living in our Borderlands. wapo.st/4k9sy7w

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Three years ago, Russia launched an attack across the borders of #Ukraine. As Russian troops drove down roads in the hope of a short war & a victory parade in Kyiv, they received a mighty surprise. Reflections on 3 years of this full scale war. mickryan.substack.com/p/three-year...

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Interesting, but not terribly surprising. wapo.st/3Xcui6h

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For less than 1% of our budget, foreign aid boosts U.S. national security in so many ways. Cutting aid won't make us richer but it will definitely make us so much less safe. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/b...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

I'm just loving @lucatrenta.bsky.social's discussions on Substack. Fabulous insights into intelligence services' assassinations and other dirty ops. thebrushcontact.substack.com/p/the-oss-th...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Heads up on what looks like a super-useful opportunity!

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

@nsarchive.bsky.social remains such a fabulous resource! With all the chaos in our government today, declass review may seem trivial. Reports like this highlight its value for scholarship and public understanding of national security decision making. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Let's be clear. Reducing U.S. embassies' access to information reduces their ability to represent our interests and to identify threats to U.S. citizens at home and abroad. If this report is correct, it threatens our diplo, intel, and military security & raises key 1A questions. wapo.st/3D6fEq3

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

Well put. These are American lives (among others) at stake. Most terrorist captures and prevented attacks involve the work of allied intelligence services. These are collaborations built on trust that's hard to rebuild once that trust is squandered. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

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Nothing serves US national security interests so clearly as saving lives. This minuscule percentage of our budget builds our soft power abroad, strengthens economies to reduce forced migration, and minimizes radicalization. Plus, let's face it--it's the right thing to do.

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No words for my excitement to be chosen by University of Texas system Chancellor Milliken as UT's representative to @cfr-org.bsky.social's College and University Educators Workshop this March in NYC. I can't wait to engage, learn, and bring new insights back to my students.

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Heartbroken as yet another incredibly talented student is told that his internship in a natsec position has been cancelled--after an incredibly competitive process that stretched over much of the past year. What a tremendous waste of talent, enthusiasm, and commitment to serve our nation!

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Welcome to BlueSky, @intnatsecjournal.bsky.social . It's good to have you with us.

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afsa.org/virtual-go-b...

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“Eliminating USAID — which prevents famines, counters extremism, and creates more markets for U.S. exports — would make the world a more dangerous place for Americans and be a gift to China and Russia,” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Amazing to be included among so many scholars I so deeply admire.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Real world spycraft. Intelligence collaboration is the key to so much of what intel agencies do.

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submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Now this is concerning. Independent and bipartisan oversight is crucial to protecting our freedoms.

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

"CIA’s evaluation of analytic quality: can it fortify tradecraft?" New article by Robert Levine & Roger Z. George, in the journal Intelligence and National Security at: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

"Whereas traditional foreign policy tools aim outward... building and using knowledge power requires Washington to look inward. It involves marshaling ideas, talent, and technology to help the United States and its partners thrive no matter what China or any other adversary does."

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

AGENDA 📆 | I am thrilled to announce the launch of the 2025 conference cycle on #intelligence 🕵 at the French Institute for Strategic Research (IRSEM) Join us for our monthly online conferences to explore cutting-edge #research on #intelligence with scholars from #France and around the world. 🧵

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

In general, people-to-people contacts are a good thing, but the naïveté here is stunning. Yes, China is a beautiful country. It also is under an oppressive totalitarian regime. One truth doesn't cancel out another.

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments